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Sometimes the dark hides things so well that we can’t see them at all. We all know that some things hide in the shadows, but what hides behind the shadows? A while back I came up with the idea for a Void Cube. Imagine something along the lines of a Gelatinous Cube but made of…

The darkness. For as long as we’ve been conscious as a species, we’ve tried to chase it away. From the flickering light of a torch and bonfire to today’s daylight-mimicking electric LED bulbs, the goal is always the same… achieve the relative safety of daytime so we can see what’s coming out of the dark.…

Long ago there was a great hero – Sir Garret Thom, a Holy Knight responsible for taking out some of the most vile undead creatures imaginable. Entire swaths of civilization may have been lost if not for him and the collection of heroes under his tutelage. Over time, a small group of those trainees began…

Other undead creatures have their place in the cycle of life, death, and decay. Some are there to clear the battlefields like crows and vultures. Some are there at the behest of their masters to guard sacred places, like mummies and skeletons. Some have their own reasons in undeath, like the vampires. And some are…

Zombies, like skeletons, are at the low end of the threat scale. On one hand, they’re pretty easy to hack at. There’s generally more to hit, even if it is rotting on the bones. On the other hand, they absorb a fair amount of damage before they’re done. So if you get surrounded by a…

Though ghosts are on the lowest end of the threat spectrum of undead creatures and not on the list of choices for favored undead enemies, you may encounter them in your journeys. Ghosts are the spirits of the wrongfully murdered. They assume physical form to gain aid from the living and prolong their time in…

Hello recruit! Next on the undead hit parade is the lowly skeleton. As far as enemies go, skeletons definitely fall into the minor category. They can get nasty if you encounter a large number of them, but you’ll probably survive. Why is the skeleton only considered a minor threat? Most of them are mere shadows…

Hello recruit! As we go through the potential list of favored undead enemies for Holy Knights, we’ll start categorizing them as minor, major, and critical threats. In the last class we talked about ghouls. They’re manageable except in large groups, so we’ll classify them as major threats. Next up, we’ll cover the mummy. And it’s…

Hello recruit! Holy Knights can take two different types of favored undead enemies. One at level 4 and one at level 5. The main types of undead available for study as adversaries are: Ghouls, Mummies, Skeletons, Spectres, Vampires, and Zombies. In this at-home study series, we’re going to cover reach one of these types of…

What? Why are we destroying things? Shouldn’t we be focused on creating them? Well, I’m a big believer in conservation of energy. If you are creating something in one place, you’re likely destroying something else somewhere. There’s a balance to the universe. But it’s not one of those things I’ve ever seen covered for things…